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POLAND

POLAND. ALUMINIUM FINISHING MARKET „WHILE ENTERING EUROPE” VALENCIA – SEPTEMBER 2004 Agnieszka Wojsa Cosentino – Metra Poland / Qualipol. GENERAL INFORMATIONS – JUNE 2004. Population 38.600.000 Surface 312.700 km2 GDP growth forecast 6,4% Inflation forecast 2,2%

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POLAND

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  1. POLAND ALUMINIUM FINISHING MARKET „WHILE ENTERING EUROPE” VALENCIA – SEPTEMBER 2004 Agnieszka Wojsa Cosentino – Metra Poland / Qualipol

  2. GENERAL INFORMATIONS – JUNE 2004 • Population 38.600.000 • Surface 312.700 km2 • GDP growth forecast 6,4% • Inflation forecast 2,2% • Unemployment rate 19,5% • Gross monthly wages 539 € • Exchange rate 1 € = 4,40 PLN • Export 2003 53.600.000.000 $ • Import 2003 68.000.000.000 $

  3. POLAND ENTERING EUROPE • 8 % of the surface and 8,5 % of the population of Europe 25 • 62 % of polish commercial exchange within Europe 25 • Open borders – cost and time of transport dropping down • Natural intermediary towards Est (location and language) • PHARE, EQUAL and other funds for polish enterprises • Large foreign and local investments in the infrastructure • Progressing privatization and competitivity on the market • Low cost and high quality of workmanship on all levels

  4. Producers (extrusion) Kety Group Sapa Poland Hydro Aluminium Poland Final Yearly production 45.000 tonns Architectural systems present Metalplast Yawal Reynaers Ponzio Schueco Metra Sapa Others Yearly sales 10.000 tonns ALUMINIUM MARKET

  5. ALUMINIUM FINISHING MARKET Powder coating plants: • METRA POLAND – Qualicoat Licence 1500 • ALURAL POLSKA – Qualicoat Licence 1501 • YAWAL – Qualicoat Licence 1502 • SAPA POLAND – Qualicoat Licence 1503 • PONZIO POLSKA – Qualicoat Licence 1504 • ABC COLOREX – Qualicoat Licence 1505 • PULVER – Qualicoat Licence 1506 • SMS PRO – Qualicoat Licence 1507 • METALPLAST – Qualicoat Licence 1508 • GELP – Qualicoat Licence 1509 • GELTZ – Licence applied for

  6. ALUMINIUM FINISHING MARKET Powder coating plants (cont.) • Total number around 1.000 plants, all horizontal, most of them quite small; • More than 70 % of plants work mostly steel, it leaves 300 plants coating aluminium; • Capacity over 4.000 m2 / day (3 shifts) – only 10 plants; • Total capacity of production – around 20.000.000 m2 / year; • Realized production – around 60 % of the total capacity; • Unfortunately a lot of small manufacturers still without chemical pretreatment of aluminium !!!

  7. ALUMINIUM FINISHING MARKET Anodizing plants: • METALPLAST – Qualanod Licence 1800 • SAPA POLAND – Qualanod Licence 1801 • FINAL – Qualanod Licence 1802 • EFFECTOR – Licence applied for • Total number around 40 plants, most of them small; • Capacity over 4.000 m2 / day (3 shifts) – only 4 plants; • Total capacity of production around 8.000.000 m2 / year; • Realized production around 80% of the total capacity;

  8. QUALIPOL ASSOCIATION Polish Association for the companies involved in the surface treatment of aluminium was founded in 2001. Today it counts 25 regular plus 4 honorary members and it represents quite a strong lobby for improving the quality of coating and anodizing. More and more technical specifications made in Poland refer to Qualicoat and Qualanod as necessary standards to be fulfilled on prestigiuous building sites.

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